WASHINGTON, D.C.: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is again touched by scandal with chief Christine Lagarde’s being charged in a French graft case, three years after predecessor Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned in disgrace.

The “negligence” charge against Lagarde on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) in a case dating back to her years as French finance minister bear little resemblance to the sexual-assault allegations from a hotel maid that led to the downfall of Strauss-Kahn in 2011.

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